Grand Place

Grand Place
Brussels, Belgium

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Stuff

Lots going on this month in our home. Jackson is due to arrive anyday so we are waiting patiently. I think we are ready we have all of the essentials. I am so thankful for wonderful friends who have recently had little boys and were willing to pass on clothes and essentials. We have tried to keep our focus on B and on Belgium in the meantime.

I have been working diligently to get rid of lots of stuff that we will put in a yard sale in April or give to Goodwill. It feels so freeing to get rid of clutter and things that are collecting dust. We have turned Bryan's music room/office into a Belgium planning center. We have our Belgium maps on the wall, a huge yearly dry erase calendar(with lots of plans on it), and our personal information we send out to our partners. I like to go and open the closets and drawers now that they are clean and organized. It makes me happy(I know I am a nerd). We are planning to take our house off the market and put it up For Sale By Owner so that we can hopefully get it to move with a lower price. We are also setting aside one night per week to work on our French. This is something we are being told by teammates who are currently there that we need to continue to work on here as much as we can. They have also told us to be walking and exercising as much as we can so as soon as it warms up a bit we plan to walk every evening with the kiddos to get use to a faster pace that includes lots of walking rather than driving. I am exciting about having some quality family time at the end of the day where we focus on eachother and get some exercise.

We have another meeting with the adoption attorney tomorrow about B so hopefully we will have some good information and an idea of what that process is going to look like.

I realize this blog is all over the place, but that is our life this month. It is a little crazy but I wouldn't have it any other way. When I start feeling weak or anxious I lean on my savior and he is my strength. I can read my Bible or have some quiet time and feel better so quickly. I know the battles I feel that we are fighting are really not ours to fight and I am so thankful for a loving Father who is holding us tightly in these uncertain moments.

Thank you God for blessing me so much even when I am so undeserving!

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